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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
Your lunch looked very interesting! Great idea to try out local cuisines. The hotel though it sounds small looks very nice.
The lunch was great and it seems it was mostly locals there, rather than tourists. Always a good sign, when looking for a good restaurant! Local cuisine and specialties is a good thing and is something I always look for in my travels, whether in The States or Europe! Even at Disney with Dungeness Crab at Fulton's or Striped Bass from there or Flying Fish.
The hotel is small but is a great one. Love some of these small family owned European hotels. Can't beat them for the feel, service etc. This was a good one!
Glad you're enjoying my TR Cam!
What do you know...my 3,000th post here!
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
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Okay I love poached eggs and I love red wine, but together? I'm rather interested . . . I really want to get a French cookbook and learn to cook all of the French staples.
What a nice-looking small hotel. Those are the kinds of places I always used to stay in and the lack of elevators, ramps and cobblestone streets without curb cuts remind me of why I no longer travel in Europe. Still nice to be reminded, though and I'm really glad that some things remain the same regardless of the inconvenience! It seems that this tour has much better personal "free" time built in than most. That's so important!
October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
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Okay I love poached eggs and I love red wine, but together? I'm rather interested . . . I really want to get a French cookbook and learn to cook all of the French staples.
It does seem rather odd, but the eggs and red wine actually compliment each other rather well! I think there is something else later in my trip with red wine as well, which may seem a bit bizarre. Actually, I think it may be for my dinner later this day in Beaune. This one I have a photo of.
Glad you're enjoying all of this!
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
What a nice-looking small hotel. Those are the kinds of places I always used to stay in and the lack of elevators, ramps and cobblestone streets without curb cuts remind me of why I no longer travel in Europe. Still nice to be reminded, though and I'm really glad that some things remain the same regardless of the inconvenience! It seems that this tour has much better personal "free" time built in than most. That's so important!
It was quite a lovely hotel and I'll have some more photos upcoming on my next updates! It was a great tour and your encouraged to do so much of your exploring on your own and finding hidden gems in out of the way places unlike most tours! It's not just about finding where all the tourists go and you aren't lead by the hand like a child!
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
At around 3 p.m. our group met in the courtyard of the hotel to begin the city tour of Beaune. The town isn't exactly as extravagant as Paris or have the beauty of Colmar, but there is still a lot to see in this historic town.
The town center of Beaune was just a few minutes walk from the hotel. We'd be seeing the main sites in town, but most of it would be spent at a medieval hospice, which would be the last stop of the Beaune tour.
Street areas adjacent to my hotel. Pretty cobblestone streets and a local restaurant with the red awning in the second photo.
We came to the town center and our director Toni pointed a lot of things of interest to us out.
Lovely garden with statue, just off of Place Carnot, the main square in Beaune.
Like this clocktower.
Next, we walked over to Notre Dame Cathedral in Beaune. You don't have to walk to far to the main sites in town. Pretty much everything is located in the center of town and within walking distance.
Rear of Notre Dame Cathedral
After spending some time outside the cathedral, we continued our walk in Beaune. Being that Beaune is located in the heart of the Burgundy region, the next two photos, should comes as no surprise.
Sign for the Wine Museum in town. There is one area you can visit without paying for the full self guided tour, which we did. The room was across from the main museum and had the characteristics like an old barn. A bit of history in there as well as some old wine production machinery.
Musee du Vin in Beaune in the courtyard
A wine cave and wine producer in Beaune. Many of these in town and the surrrounding area.
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
Next, was our final stop of the city tour at a former medieval hospice called Hotel Dieu. Dieu in French means God. Funny thing with this being a hospice is that they also produce their own wine as well!
Inside the courtyard of Hotel Dieu. Amazing how beautiful the roof is here!
Some of the beds in the hospice
The altar inside the same room as the beds, which makes sense for those who were gravely ill, as this was the only way they could attend mass service and receive their blessings.
Some of the beautiful stained glass in Hotel Dieu.
More of the beds and a small dining table, which may have been used by the monks and nuns here.
We also visited other rooms in Hotel Dieu with many beautiful mosaics and paintings. I think photos weren't allowed in these rooms, if I'm correct!
This was an amazing place and quite unique to your usual chateaus and cathedrals, even though they are quite splendid and beautiful as well. This was just so much different.
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
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but the eggs and red wine actually compliment each other rather well! 
I think there is something else later in my trip with red wine as well, which may seem a bit bizarre. Actually, I think it may be for my dinner later this day in Beaune. This one I have a photo of. 
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